Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) says the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite has returned its first images and measurements from…
Study validates feasibility of European heavy-lift reusable rocket
ANTALYA, Turkey — A European Space Agency study has found it is technically and financially feasible for Europe…
Hubble Spots ‘Superbubble’ in Large Magellanic Cloud
A new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals LHA 120-N44, a striking nebula located roughly 160,000…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Creotech secures ESA satellite deal for Poland’s first ‘mission-as-a-service’ project
WARSAW, Poland — Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has signed a 13.9 million euro ($16 million) contract…
Mars moon Deimos may be hiding ancient craters beneath 120 meters of debris
A single asteroid impact may explain both Deimos’ huge south-polar depression and the thick blanket of debris covering…
Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories
Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose…
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar…
Two asteroids receive unprecedented visits from space probes in a single week | Science
It’s strange how we get used to what was once extraordinary. At the start of July, two spacecraft…
Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System
Named Beta Pictoris d, the newly-discovered world is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first…
This Spellbinding 4K Timelapse of Aurora Lights is Made From Thousands of Astronaut Photos
Sophie Adenot / Jessica Meir / ISS / NASA / ESA / Seán Doran A filmmaker has created…
Airbus to build Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor…